276 Ii^LINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



NEW REVISED ILLINOIS DAIRY AND FOOD LAWS OF 1907. 



(As amended in 1909.) 



AN ACT to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products, their imi- 

 tation or substitutes, to prohibit and prevent the manufacture 

 and sale of unhealthful, adulterated or misbranded food, 

 liquors or dairy products, to provide for the appointment of a 

 State Food Commissioner and his assistants, to define their 

 powers and duties and to repeal all Acts relating to the produc- 

 tion, manufacture and sale of dairy and food products and 

 liquors in conflict herewith. 



Section i. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illin- 

 ois represented in the General Assembly: 



Provision for Appointment of a State Food Commissioner 

 and the Establishment of a State Food Department — That the 

 Governor shall appoint a Commissioner, who shall be known as 

 the State Food Commissioner, who shall be a citizen of the State 

 of Illinois, and who shall hold his office for the term of four years 

 and until his successor is appointed and qualified, and who shall 

 receive a salary of thirty hundred dollars per annum and his nec- 

 essary expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his official 

 duties, and who shall be charged with the enforcement of all laws 

 that now exist or that hereafter may be enacted in this State re- 

 garding the production, manufacture, sale and labeling of food 

 as herein defined, and to prosecute or cause to be prosecuted any 

 person, firm or corporation, or agent thereof, engaged in the 

 manufacture or sale of any article manufactured or sold in viola- 

 tion of the provisions of any such law or laws. The Governor 

 shall also appoint from time to time, as required, a Food Standard 

 Commission, for the purpose of determining and adopting stand- 

 ards of quality, purity or strength, for food products, for the 

 State of Illinois, to consist of three members, one of whom shall 

 be the State Food Commissioner or his representative, who shall 



